On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Calvin Omari <
calvinebarongo@gmail.com> wrote:
> Check out today's daily safcom bows down to indians (Zain.)
>
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:18 AM, [ Brainiac ] <
arebacollins@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> one month peke yake? oooh meen, thats not very helpful/
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:08 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <
blongwe@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Safaricom apparently will be announcing 2 shilling within the network and
>>> 3 shillings across networks, although only for 1 month....
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:28 AM, [ Brainiac ] <
arebacollins@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> @brian could you expound? whats the latest?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 12:20 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe
>>>> <
blongwe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> hmm, so it seems that the subject line of this thread has been proven
>>>>> wrong and that Safaricom *have* stooped down to battle it out in the pricing
>>>>> arena.....
>>>>>
>>>>> :o) as a consumer I am not complaining - I have been paying over 20bob
>>>>> to talk to Zain!
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Mark Mwangi <
mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Am wondering if CCK have proper access to the core networks and have a
>>>>>> live feed of new subscriptions and total active subscriber no.s from
>>>>>> the telcos. Seeing as this is public information (I imagine) they
>>>>>> could stream it on their site and show exactly what is happening
>>>>>> instead of us relying on the marketing departments of the said
>>>>>> companies.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/23/10, John Doe <
fivepings@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> > Guys, what if Zains price is the lowest economically sustainable
>>>>>> > price?
>>>>>> > Safaricom can't go (sustainably) lower than that. And if they match
>>>>>> > Zain,
>>>>>> > then they still lose face.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I just wonder why we are all assuming that the guys at Bharti don't
>>>>>> > know
>>>>>> > what they are doing.
>>>>>> > They have been doing this succesfully in India. It is a game of
>>>>>> > largest
>>>>>> > volumes at the lowest possible price you can charge. Airtel is
>>>>>> > looking to
>>>>>> > boost its volumes.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > All in all, my take is Safaricom will loose signinficant market
>>>>>> > share and
>>>>>> > Zain/Airtel wil gain significant market share. The winner here is
>>>>>> > you and I.
>>>>>> > Boy am I enjoying watching this unfold....
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Odhiambo Washington
>>>>>> > <
odhiambo@gmail.com>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:37 PM, Phares Kariuki
>>>>>> > > <
pkariuki@gmail.com>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > > For you to leverage an economy of scale, a prerequisite is a
>>>>>> > > > high number
>>>>>> > of customers/units produced. e.g. Toyota can leverage economies of
>>>>>> > scale,
>>>>>> > Maserati, not quite... Safaricom currently has the most subscribers,
>>>>>> > they
>>>>>> > can afford to have the lowest call tarriff... Zain, not so much...
>>>>>> > They
>>>>>> > don't have as many people on their network and have to maintain an
>>>>>> > equally
>>>>>> > large network, meaning that their cost per subscriber is actually
>>>>>> > *higher*... They will leverage said economies of scale if/when they
>>>>>> > have
>>>>>> > more subscribers on their network. For now, that's fairly heated
>>>>>> > air.
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > @Phares,
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > I will not comment on your second paragraph, but for the first,
>>>>>> > > please
>>>>>> > 's/Zain/Bhart Airtel/g' and you'll see that what we are calling Zain
>>>>>> > here is
>>>>>> > not and as such Safaricom really needs to think. I am fearing for my
>>>>>> > shares
>>>>>> > at the NSE already. Safaricom should take courage and just think
>>>>>> > this out -
>>>>>> > they are not dealing with Zain anymore because it is not!
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > --
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Best regards,
>>>>>> > > Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
>>>>>> > > Nairobi,KE
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